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Nutritional

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Scurvy Age of Sail

NutritionalEpidemiology1500

Scurvy, caused by vitamin C deficiency, is often said to have killed more sailors during the Age of Sail than warfare, s...

Pellagra South

NutritionalOutbreak1906

Pellagra, caused by niacin vitamin B3 deficiency, reached epidemic proportions in the American South in the early 20th c...